> Definition of Terms:

Sanctity of Life - the idea that human life is sacred, holy, and precious.

Death with dignity - is an end-of-life option, governed by state legislation, that allows
certain people with terminal illness to voluntarily and legally request and receive a
prescription medication from their physician to hasten their death in a peaceful,
humane, and dignified manner.

Quality of Life: the standard of health, comfort and happiness experience by an

individual or group

Personal autonomy - is the capacity to decide for oneself and pursue a course of action
in one's life, often regardless of any particular moral content.

Personal LIberty - the freedom of the individual to do as he pleases limited only by the
authority of politically organized society to regulate his action to secure the public
health, safety, or morals or of other recognized social interests.

The Hippocratic Oath (Ορκος) - is perhaps the most widely known of Greek medical
texts. It requires a new physician to swear upon a number of healing gods that he will
uphold a number of professional ethical standards.

Palliative care - is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing

quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often
terminal illnesses. Within the published literature, many definitions of palliative care
exist. (Medication/Nutritional changes/Relaxation techniques/Emotional and spiritual
support./Support for children or family caregivers.)

> The Possible Questions and Answers from Opposition:

Q: What if mapilitan yung patient na mag pa Euthanasia kasi nga burden na siya sa
family niya?
A: Then what about the burden of staying alive for the family? Yung tipong hindi niya na
kaya, pagod na pagod na siya, araw araw niya dinadama yung sakit sa bawat pagdilat
niya…

Q: Differentiate Murder and Euthanesia?

A: Clearly it has different motives, yung murder pinatay mo yung tao na labag sa
kalooban niya ng walang justification unlike euthanasia may consent nung patient if not
nung family tsaka its purpose is to relieve the patient from the pain and suffering

Q: Diba against sa law ang pumatay?

A: Let’s say na legalized na ang Euthanesia, new laws and mandates can be
implemented to prevent physicians from abusing the act of Euthanasia. In every law
there’s always an exception to the rule, as long as it has rightful justification.

Q: Then what about the Sanctity of Life?

A: Prolonging their suffering is also ignoring the sanctity of life.Why? Because you say
life is valuable so bat nyo hinayaang magdusa ang patient?

Q: Bakit kailangang Euthanasia ang sagot when there’s other alternatives.

A: It’s the most humane way possible to relieve their pain.

Q: Kaya nga tayo pumupunta sa Doctor is to be cured tas ngayon papatayin nyo?
A Doctor’s role is not only limited with curing a patient kasi may mga sakit na di kayang
gamutin so the best that a doctor could do is to relieve the patient’s pain or maibsan
yung sakit ng patient. Let me ask you, bakit tayo lumalapit sa Doctors? Para maibsan
yung sakit natin diba?

Q: Ano pang sense ng machines and mga gamot, kaya nga siya nag eexist to extend
life?
A: Oo, I’m well aware na may machines and gamot pero does that completely heal
them? Kahit may possibility na gumaling pa sila do you think na makakabalik pa sila sa
dati nilang papangatawanan? NO! Pinapagod nyo lng yung patient at pinapahaba ang
paghihirap niya. Oo may gamot pero di tayo nakaka sigurado na makakagaling siya
baka nga pansamantala lang na kagalingan and what they become addicted to the drug
and dyk na yung gamot is pwedeng maka scratch patient? Which means bibigyan mo
pa sila ng bagong iinda

Q: Hindi nga na legalized yung bill na pinasa dito sa Phil, what can you say about that?
A: Why not?! If it was legalized in Belgium despite it being predominantly catholic. bakit
di pwede dito? What if klaruhin natin yung misconceptions dito instead?

Q: Differentiate Passive and Active Euthanesia?

A: Yung passive is when they withdraw sa machines and treatments whilst sa active
mag iinject tayo ng lethal dose
Q: Paano ka nakakasiguro na once ma legalized yung rules sa Euthanesia is
masusunod eh may existing and current nga na mga batas na hindi masusunod?

Q: What about the cause of Euthanasia?

A: Hindi ba mas better choice na pag gastusan yun kaysa patuloy na tambak ng bills sa
hospitals of machines and equipment?

Q: Why Euthanesia when there’s other options, especially yung Pali Care?
A: Hindi naman namin pinagbabawalan na mas piliin nyo ang Pali Care ang samin lang
is atleast may choice yung patients na ayaw na talaga, And yes we have pali care but it
does not guarantee na gagaling sila at marerestore yung health nila completely let's say
na gumaling nga sila pero we cannot ignore na pwedeng andyan lang yung underlying
diseases nakatago, na anytime pwede kang hilahin pabalik sa hospital.
Tas about medications naman, once maging dependent and addicted yung patient makaka
scratch din yung gamot sa kidney and may cause another disease!

Section 11 of Article II of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines

declares that the State values the dignity of every human, person and guarantees full
respect for human rights.

> The Possible Questions and Answers to Opposition:

Is it fair for one patient to be allowed to die and the other to be condemned to be kept
alive?

So are you saying na mas ok sa inyo na buhay nga yung patient pero parang pinapatay
nyo din siya habang buhay?

What if it's a patient’s last wish for his/her lifetime? He/she is already done, are you
willing na pigilan yung huling kahilingan niya na yun?

What about the hospital bill? Fortunate ka if may pambayad ka eh pano pag wala, then
after all that mamatay lang pala so why not save money.

What about the expense of the treatments and machines?